Thursday, 3 September 2015

Potential Super Villain

Mr. X is a straight
talking asshole, he’ll be the first person to tell you this. That’s something I’ve
always respected that about him, he doesn’t try to hide it. He’s very honest
and blunt. He cuts through the bullshit and get to the point. Which is why over
the years I’ve turned to him when I’ve needed an honest opinion on a guy. When
I’m looking to find out whether I’m being dramatic or the guy is a tool, Mr. X is
my expert.

So when I
needed some insight on an issue I had with Larry yesterday morning, I sent him
a message. A message that’s probably offensive to anyone who isn’t us, but had I
not worded that way, he would have called me out for trying to be PC and tip
toeing around the issue.

So I
messaged him with “Is there something about the Mormon Church that turns men
into assholes? Or did I just get lucky twice?”

Mr. X
quickly messaged back and asked what happened. I explained everything to him and
his initial response was “you’re attracted to assholes”. I explained that wasn’t
the case; it was actually the complete opposite that attracted me to Larry, it
was that he was caring and went that extra mile. He was challenging, but unlike
Mr. X he didn’t cross that line into asshole. Or at least he hadn’t until yesterday
morning.

Yesterday
morning, Larry was Mr. X and he made me break down and cry in a way I haven’t
since Mr. X. And I’ll be honest when I realised that, it scared me. It’s taken
a long time to fully recover from everything and truly be happy again and the
thought there’s someone out there with the power to jeopardize that, is horrifying.

While
talking things through with Mr. X he said something I don’t think he’s ever
said to me, he told me I was right. There should have been a parade that followed that, I’m never in the right. But in this case, he said I wasn’t overreacting,
this guy was being a jerk. Admittedly, this didn’t make me feel any better; nobody wants to be told the guy they like
is a dick, especially when you were so certain he wasn't.

Now, luckily
I’m in the middle of Larry-cation right now, I won’t see him again for a while.
It’s been nice up to now getting to judge him purely on the conversation rather
outside factors, but now I may have to adjust and rethink how I interact with
him. I may have to treat him similarly to how I treat Mr. X. Which is a bad
thing per se, it’s just more calculated. And more, not guarded, but braced.

Mr. X lacks
emotion, and as the past has shown he doesn’t read them very well either, which
is very different to Larry, that guy picks up on everything, he can read me like a book, which in a lot
of ways makes me fear him, that man has the ability to be pure evil if he
chooses, I already have one super villain in my life I don’t need two.

On the
bright side, Mr. X works for me these days, and every once in while he says
something that reminds me he’s not pure evil. Yesterday I asked him if he thought
I should invest in cats due to my impressively bad dating record. His reply
was possibly the sweetest thing he’s ever said to me “no, investing that face,
body, skin and kissing skill in cats is a waste.”

Don’t get
any funny ideas people, he’s happily married and I’m happily not dealing with
that drama anymore. I’ve moved on to new drama, which ironically started over
something I thought was sweet. He wanted to know who told me to back off him. I
thought it was adorable he cared enough to want to know who was trying to keep
me away from him. Until it turned him into a wackadoodle that is.

Anyways, I am
going to go and get some sleep, it’s been a long day, this is version 47 of
this post…. I wish I was kidding. But before I go I have this question for you;
what was the last compliment you received that caught you off guard? Let me know in
the comment box below and as always, stay and play safe.